Hey all! Yesterday, I mentioned that E.B. Dawson had interviewed me for her blog. Well, today is the day that interview came out! Visit her site to read all about it through this link. Then let both of us know what you thought!!!
In the absence of a Child of the Kaites chapter this week, I’d like to share with you a Spoken Word that I’ve used with my students this week. Hopefully it can inspire you :)
Dear readers, I have happy news!! I’m starting a new job as a long-term substitute teacher. You may know that I’ve been a day-to-day substitute this year (and, if you’re interested, you can read some about that adventure over on my teacher blog). This has been a challenging, alternately rewarding and tear-inducing, experience, and while …
Merry [belated] Christmas!! I hope your day was full of love and cheer. As of today, Dressember has raised over $950,000!!! That’s $25,000 more than last year. Here’s proof of my continued participation: As we celebrate the birth of He who came to set prisoners free, please consider donating to Dressember to help free those …
I’m a writer. That usually means that I’m pretty good at putting my thoughts into writing–much better, in fact, at writing what I think than at saying what I think. It also happens that sometimes, when I feel something very deeply, I have a hard time writing it. These times always are frustrating, given how …
Surprise! Two posts in one day! I had originally planned on combining that with the earlier post about Dressember, but I ended up saying so much over there that I thought it better to break this up. Some months ago, I finished posting chapters of my third fairy tale novella, Noemi’s Dragon. I’ve been posting poems …
According to the National Institute of Justice, human trafficking is: “Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age. The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or …
Today I interrupt your regularly scheduled programming of poetry and stories for a life update: My best friend’s baby was born!!! I can’t remember if I mentioned that I was co-planning her baby shower. It ended up being the most epic baby shower of the century (Probably. I’m not aware of any studies on the …
Good Monday, my dear readers! I hope your week is off to a good start. It rained where I am today–and I absolutely love the rain. See this poem as an example of that love, and also as an example of how rarely it rains in my area. A very special time of year is …
Last week, you read the first part of an epic poem about the people of Marah. To recap, they had just fallen down a waterfall on the River Ely in the middle of winter. Here is what happened next :) Next she new, Brielle found Herself within the warmest mound Of blankets made from fur and …